Hi - new here!
So having avoided it for years the hifi bug has well and truly bitten again. For ages my system was:
Garrard 301, SME3012, Dynavector 10x5
Quad 99 pre and monoblocks
Quad ESL63s
Plus a Primare NP5 and Chord Cutest but I’m not bothered about changing those.
The 301 needed work and was a very early SN so quite valuable. So I sold the 301/3012 and bought a second hand Rega P8/Apheta 3, with an Aria phono. Thrilled with this - amazing detail and staging. But predictably it’s showing up the issues in the rest of the system - particularly as the ESLs are so fussy for placement and the room isn’t really big enough to give them the space they need (it’s 3.5x7m but it’s a living room so has inconvenient things like furniture in it!)
Does anyone have any suggestions about where to go next. I will be buying used. I was wondering about selling the ESLs and finding a used pair of PMC Twenty5.24s (from before the "i" upgrade). But I’m also not sure that the Quad amps are up to the quality of the P8 now. Oh and I listen to 90% classical music.
Any suggestions really appreciated!
Nick
So having avoided it for years the hifi bug has well and truly bitten again. For ages my system was:
Garrard 301, SME3012, Dynavector 10x5
Quad 99 pre and monoblocks
Quad ESL63s
Plus a Primare NP5 and Chord Cutest but I’m not bothered about changing those.
The 301 needed work and was a very early SN so quite valuable. So I sold the 301/3012 and bought a second hand Rega P8/Apheta 3, with an Aria phono. Thrilled with this - amazing detail and staging. But predictably it’s showing up the issues in the rest of the system - particularly as the ESLs are so fussy for placement and the room isn’t really big enough to give them the space they need (it’s 3.5x7m but it’s a living room so has inconvenient things like furniture in it!)
Does anyone have any suggestions about where to go next. I will be buying used. I was wondering about selling the ESLs and finding a used pair of PMC Twenty5.24s (from before the "i" upgrade). But I’m also not sure that the Quad amps are up to the quality of the P8 now. Oh and I listen to 90% classical music.
Any suggestions really appreciated!
Nick